balcony; Spanish bar; Spanish-style restaurant with a counter, serving food, alcoholic drinks, and coffee
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
period of youth; while young
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
promotion; raising of status
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
other companies in the same business; rival firms
coordinator; coordinating role
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
excess; surplus; superabundance
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
infinite loop; closed loop
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
mascot; poster boy; poster girl; brand ambassador
(in) his way; peculiar to him
expression of love; showing love
hard-line policy; tough measure
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
increase in activity; activation
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
another attempt; another try; second attempt
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
the way back; the way home; return trip